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Maria Laura Delle Monache is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research bridges the fields of transportation engineering, mathematics, and control theory, focusing on the implications of technology within transportation systems. Prior to her appointment at UC Berkeley, she was a research scientist at Inria Grenoble, France, from 2016 to 2021, and a postdoctoral fellow at Rutgers University-Camden from 2014 to 2016. Delle Monache received her Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France, in 2014. She has been involved with various committees related to smart cities and traffic flow theory. Her work aims to build mathematical models and control strategies to assess the impact of new vehicular technologies on traffic congestion, emissions, and access to transportation. Delle Monache has also contributed significantly to the field and has received several awards for her teaching and research, including the IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society Institutional Lead Award in 2024 and the Faculty of the Year Award.
The Mathematics Subject GRE is required for the Fall 2026 admissions cycle. General GRE is optional.